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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life41 reviews
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy

+ Comes with Homework
+ Great
+ A book on how think strategically
  
  











  



  
The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders & Deceivers39 reviews
Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

Wiley, 2005

It's just excellent

+ Good value insight
+ The Art of War On Line
+ Enlightening
  
  











  



  
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide, Second Edition58 reviews
Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, ...

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2004

Excellent Book - Must Have for any Ruby Developer

+ Good Stuff
+ This book gets me home late!

First and foremost, this book isn't a beginners guide to ruby, it doesn't hold your hand from "Hello, world", and it expects you to already know the basics of programming. Also, this book isn't a tutorial, it's a reference book first and foremost, and while it *does* guide you through some of ...
  
  











  



  
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering15 reviews
Eldad Eilam

Wiley, 2005

A good read

+ Technique and understanding the assembly is the key
+ Great book for software developers / security professionals!
+ good for someone new to the subj
  
  











  



  
C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software)258 reviews
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

Prentice Hall PTR, 1988

The Must-have

+ A book to keep ..
+ C Programming Book
+ Magic book
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
Gray Hat Hacking : The Ethical Hacker's Handbook15 reviews
Shon Harris, Allen Harper, ...

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Another revolutionary book from a revolutionary author!

+ Great book
+ A good guide for the beginner ethical hacker.

Now Listen... I know some of you look at these books as if it's a world of training people to be hackers. Now, maybe these books might create a few bad seeds, but they usually create a lot of good ones.. This book is astounding, I bought this book because I love researching all about ...
  
  











  



  
Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK ((Isc)2 Press Series)10 reviews

Auerbach Publications, 2006

Great CISSP Study Guide - Much Better then the first !!!

+ Should read if ...
+ Good prep book but hard to read
+ Good material
  
  











  



  
Snort Intrusion Detection and Prevention Toolkit (Jay Beale's Open Source Security)4 reviews
Brian Caswell; Jay Beale; Andrew R Baker

Syngress Publishing, 2007

Best Snort Book

+ Informative and a great reference
+ Great book

This is the best single book on Snort I've come across, so I bought it. I used it as reference recently to customize a Snort configuration including writing a few custom rules. It has a really good index. It can be used as an in-depth tutorial or good quality reference. Description of ...
  
  











  



  
Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions9 reviews
Richard Bejtlich

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005

Excellent Book!

+ Extrusion Detection - Richard Bejtlich
+ super
+ I learned a lot
+ Excellent Book
  
  











  



  
Wireless Hacks: Tips & Tools for Building, Extending, and Securing Your Network (Hacks)20 reviews
Rob Flickenger, Roger Weeks

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

+ Extremely Necessary
+ Excellent
+ Collection of 100 clever wireless short-cuts
  
  











  



  
The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference93 reviews
Nicolai M. Josuttis

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999

I think it is the author who makes the difference

+ C++ Standard Library Reference
+ Getting dated, but still my first stop reference
+ If you use the STL, you need this book
+ Prompt delivery and great price
  
  











  



  
Network Analysis, Architecture and Design, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)1 review
James D. McCabe

Morgan Kaufmann, 2003

Just as good as the first edition

I highly recommend this book for anyone doing network design or for anyone saddled with a network designed by someone else. The second edition still has all the good material from the first edition about flow analysis and requirements analysis. It also has additional information related to network ...
  
  











  



  
The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition)279 reviews
Bjarne Stroustrup

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000

A lot of information. Well organized. From a man who has done an enormous amount of work on C++.

+ C++ Stroustrup
+ The Book Of All Books
+ Beginner or Advanced, this book is for you
+ The C++ equivalent of K&R
  
  











  



  
The Tao of Network Security Monitoring: Beyond Intrusion Detection20 reviews
Richard Bejtlich

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004

Great book to learn the Art of Network Monitoring!

+ Easily My Favorite Book
+ Jump into NSM
+ Great book
+ Shows a disciplined approach to network security monitoring
  
  











  



  
Security Warrior27 reviews
Cyrus Peikari, Anton Chuvakin

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Essential read for any web-based application developer

+ Security Warrior
+ Good Overall Coverage and Plenty Technical Details

This book is outstanding and an essential read for anyone doing web-based application development. It is very eye-opening to the current state of web security.
  
  











  



  
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)78 reviews
W. Richard Stevens

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994

This Is The Bible On The TCP/IP Protocol Stack

+ Must read book for intruduction to TCP/IP networking
+ It's a BIBLE for TCP/IP workers.
+ Fundamentals covered well with illustrations.
  
  











  



  
Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses (2nd Edition) (Radia ...43 reviews
Edward Skoudis, Tom Liston

Prentice Hall PTR, 2006

Another winner

+ Counter Hack Reloaded
+ Excellent book for a broad overview of Computer/Network Security
+ awesome
+ Easy read for terms, too much stuff in some places
  
  











  



  
Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information (Hacks)62 reviews
Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Explanation of the Google Api

+ THIS BOOK IS A MUST HAVE FOR THE INTERNET SAVVY PERSON
+ Good resource
+ Nice toolkit
+ Detailed Guide to Using Google
  
  











  



  
Hacking Exposed 5th Edition (Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions)88 reviews
Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, ...

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2005

Excellent book for the beginner

+ Great Network security book
+ Overrated
+ Good learning reference for those interested in learning.
+ vedy good
  
  











  



  
Gray Hat Hacking : The Ethical Hacker's Handbook15 reviews
Shon Harris, Allen Harper, ...

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Another revolutionary book from a revolutionary author!

+ Great book
+ A good guide for the beginner ethical hacker.

Now Listen... I know some of you look at these books as if it's a world of training people to be hackers. Now, maybe these books might create a few bad seeds, but they usually create a lot of good ones.. This book is astounding, I bought this book because I love researching all about ...
  
  











  






   



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